India’s para-athletes will begin their Asian Para Games 2026 campaign in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Monday, October 19, with a packed schedule across 11 sports. Nishad Kumar, Avani Lekhara, Sheetal Devi, Harvinder Singh and Pramod Bhagat are among the key Indian athletes in action. India will have several medal opportunities on Day 1, with Nishad competing…
Pakistan cricket team (AP Photo) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will dedicate the fourth ODI between Pakistan and England on October 25 to breast cancer awareness, using the international fixture to highlight the importance of early detection and timely treatment.Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium will take on a pink look for the occasion as the PCB organises…
Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneswar Kumar New Delhi: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has welcomed Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s return to the T20I squad for the New Zealand tour and believes fellow veteran Mohammed Shami has done enough to earn a recall in the longer white-ball and red-ball formats.India begin a demanding New Zealand tour…
Babar Azam reached another milestone in his international career on Sunday, becoming the fifth Pakistan batter to score 16,000 international runs during the first ODI of the tri-series against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi.Babar entered the match with 15,993 runs and needed seven more to reach the 16,000-run mark. He achieved the feat in the fourth…
Andrey Rublev has spent much of his career trying to get better at being Andrey Rublev. Now, the mercurial Russian, whose on-court meltdowns are almost as well chronicled as his title wins, is attempting to rewrite the script that took him to world No. 5. At 28, he is trying to become a different player.Rublev…
Ashraf completes relay catch Faheem Ashraf pulled off a relay catch to break Sri Lanka’s opening partnership in the ODI Tri-Series match against Pakistan after debutant wicketkeeper Saad Baig failed to hold on to the ball.Pakistan had posted 305 runs after batting first, and Sri Lanka made a steady start to their chase with a…
Shafali Verma scripts history (Image: BCCI/X) Shafali Verma continued her prolific run in women’s T20 internationals, smashing a 25-ball 55 as India thrashed Zimbabwe by nine wickets in the second T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series on Sunday.The Indian opener set a new benchmark for the most 50-plus scores by…
The Indian contingent brought a glimpse of the country’s 5,000-year-old heritage to the opening ceremony of the Para Asian Games on Sunday, with athletes wearing ceremonial blazers featuring motifs inspired by ancient Indian civilisation.More than 100 Indian athletes took part in the ceremony, led by Paralympic medallist sprinter Simran Sharma and top shuttler Pramod Bhagat,…
Former UFC contender and active police officer Jimmy Rivera knocked out ex-prisoner Brandon Meyer in the fourth round at BKFC 95 in Newark. Jimmy Rivera’s life has taken him from the UFC’s bantamweight division to the New Jersey police force, but the former contender has continued fighting inside the ring. At BKFC 95 in Newark,…
Archer Sheetal Devi from India prepares to fire during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (File Photo/ AP) India’s para-athletes will look to build on the country’s remarkable rise in international para-sports as the fifth edition of the Asian Para Games gets underway in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on October 18. After India’s…
